U.S. Protestantism's first formal comment on the eight-point Roosevelt-Churchill peace plan boils down to one main criticism: it is too full of pious platitudes. Since the statesmen were too visionary, the churchmen offered them some practical suggestions.
Fifty-three members of the notable church Commission to Study the Bases of a Just & Durable PeaceĀsome of them pacifists, some interventionistsĀlast week debated the peace plan for hours and then agreed to publish a declaration drafted by their chairman, famed peacemaker John Foster Dulles. Highlights of his comments on the Roosevelt-Churchill points:
1) England and...
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